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School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)

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Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 515

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    Riddles continued
    Twenty four white bulls tied to a stake, in came another one and gave them all a shake?
    Answer. Twenty four teeth and tongues.
    Forty sheep went out a gate, forty more followed that, six, seven, ten, eleven, three and two, how many's that?
    Answer. Five
    As I was going to St. Ives
    I met a man with seven wives
    Each wife had seven sacks.
    Each sack had seven cats.
    Each cat had seven litters.
    Between kittens, cats, sacks, and wives,
    How many were going to St Ives?
    Answer. One
    Elizabeth Black, Age 12 years
    Muinagh,
    Buncrana,
    Co. Donegal,
    Ireland.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Black
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Muineagh, Co. Donegal